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Calm, green and refreshing, the city's botanical garden, situated inside the immense Parque Estadual Fontes do Ipiranga (PEFI) on the south side of town, provides a beautifully appointed sanctuary for thousands of tropical plant and animal species. The garden opened in 1938 to preserve part of the remaining Atlantic coastal forest, and it functions as a research facility focusing on Brazilian flora and fauna. The garden also shelters the source of the Rio Ipiranga, which figures heavily into national patriotic lore.

About Jardim Botanico de Sao Paulo

Calm, green and refreshing, the city's botanical garden, situated inside the immense Parque Estadual Fontes do Ipiranga (PEFI) on the south side of town, provides a beautifully appointed sanctuary for thousands of tropical plant and animal species. The garden opened in 1938 to preserve part of the remaining Atlantic coastal forest, and it functions as a research facility focusing on Brazilian flora and fauna. The garden also shelters the source of the Rio Ipiranga, which figures heavily into national patriotic lore.

This is much larger than we expected and the area across the street has more atlantic rainforest.
There are some pathways that would allow you to walk in any weather. It is not crowded and a better park than Ibirapuera [which I also like]
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This has to be the best place in São Paulo! Peaceful, well-cared for, with the possibility of seeing wildlife (especially howler monkeys and lizards, and the resident iguana who joins the visitors for lunch) , tranquil walks through the surrounding forest and an excellent buffet...More

This place is awesome to spend an afternoon or morning. It is not crowded as Parque do Ibirapuera. You wont feel that you are in São Paulo, They also have a nice restaurant (kilo style), with some more natural food. Notice that it is charged...More

Sunday afternoon in São Paulo, leisure time in botanical gardens mid business trip. The gardens are a marvellous oasis amongst a crazy congested city of 25 million people. Not as splendid as Kew or Cambridge in England but the contrast with the city is stunning...More

Are you looking for a relaxing day around beautiful garden and exotics animals? So, you must to know this place. Good and friendly and cheap self service restaurant, a bridge trial to see monkies and Ipiranga river spring and a fantastic background for amazing pictures......More

We spent an afternoon at the botanical garden and it was quite a treat. We felt like we were right in the rain forest and got to see so many of the native plants in the area. We even saw monkeys hopping between the trees...More

Great place to take a long walk, relatively easy to walk, although there are a couple of hilly paths off of the main paved walkway. You will see amazing tropical flowers and plants, water lilies, butterflies everywhere, a tunnel of bamboo that was amazing, and...More